Mark Hamill Wants to Buy Twitter and Ban Trump
by EG
Mark Hamill, aka Luke Skywalker, has more on his mind these days than Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. He's also worried that President Trump is going to destroy the world. In order to head off that possibility, Hamill this week threw his weight behind a satirical fundraising push to get POTUS off Twitter.
Via Page Six.
A lot of people take issue with Donald Trump’s use of Twitter as president of the United States. However, Mark Hamill is taking things to the next level by supporting a campaign to purchase the site for the sole purpose of booting Trump off of it.
The “Star Wars” actor tweeted his support for a GoFundMe cause that seeks to raise $1 billion to become a majority shareholder for Twitter. Once that’s accomplished, it seeks to follow the community guidelines as a reason for kicking Trump off the platform. Hamill, who will reprise his role as Luke Skywalker later this year, tweeted to let fans know that he’s donated to the campaign. Additionally, after a fan complained about the concept, he wrote a brief response explaining that the gesture is more symbolic than practical.
Let's #BuyTwitter and #BanTrump! With my #ArmageddonAnxiety growing daily- I donated gladly! #GoodLuckValerie https://t.co/8saF5KMnA1
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) August 27, 2017
#BuyTwitter is symbolic & satirical (Raise $1B? LOL!) Plus-I WANT him to keep tweeting-it's all admissible evidence for #TrumpRussia/Mueller https://t.co/JT7pC9zqwY
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) August 28, 2017
“If we hit this goal, we’ll use it to become Twitter’s single biggest shareholder and leverage that position to enforce its rules against violent threats, intimidation and hate speech — and shut down Trump for good,” Valerie Wilson, the operator of the GoFundMe page writes.
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